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Oriental Museum

In Durham stands Oriental Museum. Add any of 6 more places within 5 km to a visit. It sees about 19K visitors a year.

Photo: Oriental Museum, Wereon (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Durham

inside the built-up area

Visitors a year

19K

Wikidata

How well known

Top 11%

#920 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Durham

Inside Durham

Oriental Museum is inside Durham’s built-up area, with 6 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather through the year

In Durham the warm season is June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°54 mm

Feb8° / 1°48 mm

Mar10° / 2°43 mm

Apr12° / 4°52 mm

May15° / 6°47 mm

Jun18° / 9°65 mm

Jul20° / 11°62 mm

Aug20° / 11°69 mm

Sep17° / 9°58 mm

Oct14° / 6°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec7° / 1°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Durham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Durham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Durham’s full climate →

About

Oriental Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. For a second stop, Durham Cathedral is 1.1 km away.

Type: Museum
Visitors: 19K visitors a year
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Durham
Official site: dur.ac.uk/things-to-do/venues/oriental-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

The essentials

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Oriental Museum at a glance

Find Oriental Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Bases near Oriental Museum

Home to 50,502 people, Durham is the largest of these 8. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

Durham

50,502 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 1.5 km southwest of it

Brandon

9,508 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.4 km southeast of it

High Shincliffe

1,045 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Ushaw Moor and Bearpark

6,483 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Oriental Museum is	People	Places to visit
Durham	It’s in town	50,502	15
Brandon	1.5 km southwest of it	9,508	10
High Shincliffe	2.4 km southeast of it	1,045	8
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark	2.8 km northwest of it	6,483	11
Croxdale	3.3 km south of it	270	9
Bowburn	3.8 km southeast of it	4,843	7
New Brancepeth	4 km west of it	1,280	11
Sherburn	4.5 km east of it	2,796	10

Make a day of it

Worth adding to a visit

The 28 places within 15 km include 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

CathedralDurham Cathedral1.1 km away 2

CastleDurham Castle1.3 km away 3

MuseumBeamish Museum14 km away · 350K visitors a year 4

GardenDurham University Botanic Garden500 m away 5

CastleBrancepeth Castle5.7 km away 6

Historic house · English HeritageAuckland Castle12 km away 7

CastleLumley Castle10 km away 8

MuseumDurham Museum1.2 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Before visiting Oriental Museum

Where is Oriental Museum?

Oriental Museum is in Durham, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Oriental Museum?

Museum in England, United Kingdom.

How many people visit Oriental Museum?

About 19K visitors a year.

When is the best time to visit Oriental Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Durham, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Oriental Museum?

Within 15 km: Durham Cathedral (1.1 km), Durham Castle (1.3 km), Beamish Museum (14 km) and Durham University Botanic Garden (500 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Oriental Museum: Wereon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham University Botanic Garden: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brancepeth Castle: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Auckland Castle: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lumley Castle: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Museum: User:Jungpionier (assumed), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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